Megadodo
10-19-2007, 04:53 PM
For information on candidates and fact checking:
(Non-partisan)
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.spinsanity.com
Learn about candidates voting histories and stances on issues:
Project Vote Smart
On the Issues
For testing your political party alignment:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Actually I found two. But both have less than a dozen questions. A surprising large number of people mis-label themselves.
http://www.quiz2d.com/index.php
http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html
This encyclopedia is usually good for getting a brief summary on a particular subject or event in history:
Wikipedia
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/index.html
This is the Newshour with Jim Lehrer site, through PBS. PBS is notoriously even handed and less sensational than other media outlets. Studies have actually been conducted that show that viewers of PBS are significantly less likely to believe factual falsehoods than viewers of other news stations. So this site is pretty even handed.
(Non-partisan)
http://www.factcheck.org
http://www.spinsanity.com
Learn about candidates voting histories and stances on issues:
Project Vote Smart
On the Issues
For testing your political party alignment:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Actually I found two. But both have less than a dozen questions. A surprising large number of people mis-label themselves.
http://www.quiz2d.com/index.php
http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html
This encyclopedia is usually good for getting a brief summary on a particular subject or event in history:
Wikipedia
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/index.html
This is the Newshour with Jim Lehrer site, through PBS. PBS is notoriously even handed and less sensational than other media outlets. Studies have actually been conducted that show that viewers of PBS are significantly less likely to believe factual falsehoods than viewers of other news stations. So this site is pretty even handed.